privy
IPA: prˈɪvi
noun
- An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
- A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
- A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
- (law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
adjective
- (now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
- (now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.
- With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
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Examples of "privy" in Sentences
- The man walked towards the privy.
- He was told to clean up the privy.
- The information is privy to everyone.
- The privy is northeast of the school.
- Is the information privy among our teammates
- Only Matthew is privy to the angelic visitation.
- The key is privy among the workers of the corporation.
- The point of the Privy Council is that they advise the monarch.